“Then we decide it will be yours,” he decided.
“Thank you, Alpha.”
“I think that is all for now. If you don’t have any questions?”
“No, no questions at the moment.”
“Good. If any pop up, call me or send me a text. How about we head over to the pack house and tell everyone you are staying? Then we should get on the road,” he told me.
“It sounds good.” We walked back to the pack house. Martin, Sam, Medow and Matilda were waiting for us in the entrance hall.
“So?” Medow asked.
“So what?” Finlay teased. The three younger wolves groaned, but Matilda smiled.
“I’m staying,” I confessed. There was a loud cheering, and I found myself in the middle of a group hug.
“I knew you would. This will be so amazing,” Medow told me.
“Did you ask her about the thing?” Sam asked. Finlay laughed.
“I did, and she accepted the position as advisor,” he told the group. Both Martin and Sam looked pleased.
“What are we waiting for? We’ll loot the freezer and have an ice cream party to celebrate,” Sam suggested. I smiled at him.
“I need to head back to town for a while. I need to get my affairs in order and pack my things,” I explained.
“I’ll give her a ride there and come right back,” Finlay told them.
“We are sending her out there all alone?” Martin asked.
“Hey, you make it sound like you are sending me into an enemy camp. It’s a sleepy small town where I have lived for four years and where I have friends. It will be alright,” I promised.
“But what about your wolf? She needs to run,” Medow pointed out.
“I’m sure Amie will be back long before the need gets urgent,” Matilda told everyone.
“Goddess, yes,” I agreed.
“I’ll make sure the pack knows,” Martin offered.
“And if I know my mate and your aunt, they will plan some kind of homecoming party already,” Sam said, kissing Medow on her cheek.
“I’m looking forward to it,” I told them, and found that it was the truth. “I’ll just run up to the room and grab the keys to my apartment,” I told Finlay. He nodded.
Before I knew, we were heading back to the town I had spent four years trying to build a life in. It was odd that I felt like the pack land was more home after three days, than the town ever had.
“Are you going to be alright?” Finlay asked me as we got closer. We had spent most of the drive in a comfortable silence. “I know we, myself included, get over enthusiastic when we think of you joining the pack. We forget you have a life outside the pack and you need to say goodbye to it.”
“It’s okay. I have made some amazing friends. But it can’t compare to being in a pack. I hadn’t realised it until thinking of going back. But it feels like these four years have been a standby period in my life. It has been okay, but I was waiting for something else.”
“You were waiting for us,” he said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world. Maybe it was. As the town came into view, it looked different. Smaller and lonelier. Finlay drove me almost to the point his truck scraped the stairs to my apartment.
“Thank you for the ride,” I told him.
“You’re not even going to invite me in for coffee?” he joked. I laughed and punched his arm.
“You need to get back to the pack. I have taken up too much time already.”
“Fine. But you better keep in touch, Red. We’ll be back to make sure you get home safe,” he said. The new nickname surprised me, but I didn’t hate it.
“Yes, Alpha. And it goes both ways. Let me know you get home safe.”
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